Have you ever replaced just the worktop in your kitchen?

[StormcloakNord]

Hello,
Has anyone replaced just the worktop in their kitchen? Cabinets/doors etc were absolutely fine but worktop was a less than ideal colour and needed replacing?

If you have, do you mind me asking the price? I know it differs hugely and is dependent on area/kitchen size etc but I'm just looking for very roughy figures!

Kitchen has 1 mitred corner if that helps!

yes

laminate is easy. The original will have been laid on the base units after they were put in place, and fastened to them from inside.

If you get a carpenter in to do the corners and joints, and cutouts for sink and hob, assume it will be charged as about a day, whatever that is in your area. Maybe £150 - £200?

Arrange beforehand if he is going to provide any sealant, adhesive, joining bolts etc - they will cost a bit extra. He may also buy the worktop for you, and a recommend a supplier so you can choose it - it is extremely heavy, expecially if you buy it in a 3-metre length. If you have it delivered it will be offloaded to the pavement. Some suppliers will cut it to size (square corners only)

There will be a lot of fine dust.

Consider new matching upstands at the same time. And plinths.

You may end up with some useful offcuts for shelves or a garage workbench, or a matching end-piece to panel the end of your units. Kitchen laminate is very durable.

examples

If you want natural or synthetic stone you will have to order it cut to size and shape, and it is even more incredibly heavy. Usually fitted by the supply company.

Thank you so much that is really helpful! Definitely just go for laminate. I was expecting £2-3k so hopefully wont be nearly that much!

We are just doing this. Our worktops are £420. With a new sink, tap and re-tiling it’s costing total £1500. We are also having a new hob and expect it to cost about £300 on top of that.

I wanted to replace my laminates with quartz, but the cost was prohibitive - over £3,500 for our small kitchen (South East). Cost driven up by awkward corners and need for cutouts.

I would definitely recommend upstands too.

We did it, like pp we also did the sink and hob. We replaced laminate with laminate, so like piglet said, this was easier. The only problem was we wanted to keep the tiling and as this was over old tiles it protruded a little so the builder had to be more careful. I think it took 3 days. I cant remember the cost but i think your estimate is roundabout what we paid.

We've just replaced our worktop with 20mm quartz. We have around 9m of worktops when all the joins etc are taken into account including a section of 900mm wide breakfast bar. We also had hob, sink and tap cutouts and upstands. The whole cost including fitting was just over £2500, but the cheapest quartz they offered would have been £2100 (we used a company called AMR Granite). We also had a similar quote from Mister Marble who say they can fit nationally.